Briefly: OSU will be looking for its
first conference win of the season when it hosts an up-and-down Stanford team ...
The Beavers opened Pac-12 play with a tough Rocky Mountain trip, dropping games
at then-No. 20 Colorado and Utah. OSU totaled 32 turnovers over the two defeats
... Forward Eric Moreland, who was reinstated last week from an unspecified
violation of team rules, showed some rust in the losses. He came off the bench
in Boulder to tally two points, 10 rebounds, a block and four turnovers.
Against the Utes, Moreland had four points, one rebound and three turnovers ...
The Beavers, owners of the Pac-12's worst rebounding margin, beat Colorado and
Utah on the glass ... OSU's starters struggled during their first conference road
trip. They often didn't move the ball much, settling for ill-advised
shots ... Collier and Brandt never got going on the trip. The big men combined
for 12 points in each game. It was quite a meltdown for two players who ended
nonconference play averaging a combined 30.9 points per game ... Coach Craig
Robinson said earlier this week that he is strongly considering replacing point
guard Challe Barton in the starting lineup with freshman Hallice Cooke. The
rookie, who has recorded career-high point totals in two of his past three
outings, leads Barton in nearly every statistical category despite playing
about three fewer minutes per game ... Robinson listed "consistency" and "getting
assists" as the two areas where he hopes to see improvement today ... OSU has shot
at least 50 percent from the field in seven of its past 14 contests, including
three of its past 12 games at 60 percent or better. It is seventh nationally
with a 49.9 field-goal percentage ... The Beavers have held six of their past
nine opponents to under 40 percent shooting ... The Beavers rank seventh in the
Pac-12 in scoring offense (77.1) and third-to-last in scoring defense (73.7)
... Nelson (21.1) and Collier (16.4) are No. 1 and No. 10, respectively, in the
Pac-12 in scoring. They account for 48.6 percent of the Beavers' offensive
production ... Nelson, who has been named Pac-12 Player of the Week twice this
season, needs 22 points to become the eighth player in program history to reach
the 1,400-point mark ... Collier, who is third in the Pac-12
with a 63.3 field-goal percentage, scored 20-plus points in five straight games
for the first time in his career before tallying 13 against Towson on Dec. 18.
His five double-doubles this season tie the amount he recorded during his first
three years combined ... Collier needs one point to become the 13th
player in program history to hit the 1,300-point mark ... Brandt is averaging 17
points and 5.9 rebounds in Gill Coliseum this season ... Since connecting on at least 50 percent of his
shots in each of his first six appearances this year, swingman Victor Robbins
has shot 5-of-28 from the field over his past eight. The former starter played
just one minute at Colorado and two at Utah ... According to KenPom.com,
OSU has a 43 percent chance of winning this game ... This is the 138th meeting between these two programs.
OSU leads the series 71-66, including a 37-26 edge in Corvallis ... Stanford is
riding a four-game winning streak in the series ... Stanford is coming off last week's
69-62 loss to California ... The Cardinal has experienced its share of ups and
downs this season. It won at then-No. 10 Connecticut, but dropped home games to
BYU, Pittsburgh, Michigan and California ... Randle is averaging 20.2 points on
49 percent shooting in four career meetings with OSU ... Dating back to the
2008-09 season, the Cardinal is 12-32 in road conference games ... Stanford was
picked sixth in the Pac-12's preseason media poll. OSU was picked 10th
... Since Dec.1, the Cardinal has held six straight opponents to fewer than 70
points ... Stanford's starters account for 86.4 percent of the team's offensive
production ... The Cardinal ranks second in the Pac-12 with a 41.2 three-point percentage. That could spell problems for a Beavers team that is
last in the conference at defending the arc. OSU allowed Utah to shoot 12-of-22
on threes Saturday ... Per KenPom, Stanford ranks 13th nationally with a blocked-shot percentage of 6.3.